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- Title
Russia's Political Youths.
- Authors
Schwirtz, Michael
- Abstract
Although most Russian youths are politically apathetic, a small cross section is engaged in political activity—mostly consisting of protest actions—in preparation for the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. Youth-based political and civic organizations can be defined generally by their support for, or opposition to, President Vladimir Putin and the party of power. Ideological differences between opposition youth organizations have prevented the formation of an effective civic movement. Putin's administration has employed a number of tactics, including the creation of the pro-Kremlin youth organization Nashi (Ours) to counteract anti-Kremlin youth groups such as Youth Yabloko, The National Bolshevik Party, and Oborona. Western nongovernmental organizations, along with youth alumni of the "colored revolutions," have been helping Russian opposition youth to overcome these difficulties, much to the dismay of the Putin administration.
- Subjects
RUSSIA; DEMOCRACY; ELECTIONS; YOUTH movements; PUTIN, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; PRESIDENTIAL elections
- Publication
Demokratizatsiya, 2007, Vol 15, Issue 1, p73
- ISSN
1074-6846
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3200/DEMO.15.1.73-86